His May knee surgery is in the books, and it seems Antonio Brown is already training without a knee brace leading up to Bucs mandatory minicamp kickoff tomorrow. (more…)

New deals. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Regular readers know Joe has a simple philosophy: Don’t fix what’s not broken.

And when you win a Super Bowl, things aren’t broken. (more…)

Top 100 ranking.

Last year you could divide Devin White’s play as “BC” and “AC.”

“Before Covid” and “After Covid.” (more…)

CB Cameron Kinley.

[UPDATE: 1:51 p.m.] Joe mentioned this guy once during rookie minicamp because he made a nice pick and housed the ball. (more…)

Did workouts lead to title?

Watching the Bucs’ final three playoff wins yesterday on NFL Network revealed all kinds of “What ifs?” (more…)

Innovator.

So the Bucs having unsupervised veteran practices at One Buc Palace is the wave of the future? That’s what Albert Breer of SI.com thinks. (more…)

Bucs QB coach Clyde Christensen.

So what makes Tom Brady tick? If NFL owners and suits and coaches could figure that out, they’d be worth just about Jeff Bezos-cash. (more…)

Set up trip to Super Bowl.

This play is so popular, it was even discussed on a recent edition of “The Ira Kaufman Podcast,” though it happened back in January. (more…)

Thankfully, these days are over.

So yesterday one of the greatest Bucs killers of all time was (finally) shipped out of the NFC South after months of rumors that he was on the trade block. (more…)

Vita Vea is one of many Bucs infected by COVID-19 before 2020 training camp began

Joe remembers how much emphasis Bucco Bruce Arians placed on “beating the virus” when the Bucs convened for training camp last year — and how much his players were cautioned to be COVID-safe prior to camp. (more…)

Team Glazer armbars with Bucco Bruce Arians

Joe hates looking past these glorious glory days of Bucs football.

It’s best to live in the moment, but it’s just too hard to not think about the future once in a while. (more…)

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Killed lame narrative.

Joe remembers in the days leading up to the 2021 draft, Bucky Brooks of NFL Network had a strong opinion on dropback quarterbacks. (more…)

Minicamp could be valuable.

One more week of underwear football season remains for the Bucs, the three scheduled days for mandatory minicamp that begin Tuesday. (more…)

Top-50.

This shouldn’t surprise Bucs fans. Sadly, it may surprise too many NFL movers and shakers. (more…)

Bucco Bruce Arians, during his CBS analyst days, got in trouble for using the phrase “wide-ass open” during a live game. (more…)

Don’t peak too soon.

Recently on “Good Morning Football,” the weekday NFL Network show, the co-hosts sat around the virtual breakfast table and discussed what could be the biggest obstacle for the Bucs to overcome this season. (more…)

If you called plays in the NFL for over a decade, including a Super Bowl, and live in the Tampa Bay area, Joe’s inclined to pay close attention when you talk Bucs. (more…)

Meaty talk on Bucs.

Ian Beckles believes the Bucs got lucky last year. And hearing him explain his thought process, he’s not wrong. (more…)